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"I wrote a book of poems for children called 'The Hypnotiser' some years ago and then it went out of print. I couldn't get anyone to reprint it, so I asked my son Joe to film me performing the book." - Michael Rosen

A man shows up in Michael Rosen's neighbourhood, and sets a tent up in the park. Next he put up signs advertising that the next day a show would occur, where a creature called the Skyfoogle would be shown. The next day, everyone had turned up to see the creature in action. when they had all turned up he took their money at the door. when the show was scheduled to start, the man ran out from behind the curtains looking battle-scared and warned everyone about the Skyfoogle's escape. Everyone runs, and never see the man again, but they never saw the Skyfoogle or their money again either.

There was a man who turned up around our way once, put up a tent in the park he did,

put notices all over the streets saying he was going to put on show, a terrifying creature called the Skyfoogle.

No one had even seen this thing before, the show was on for 2 o'clock the next day.

Next day, we all turned up to see the fiercest animal in the world. The man took the money at the door.

We all poured into the tent, with a curtain in front of it. We all sat down and waited, the man went off behind the curtains,

Suddenly, we all heard a terrible noise. There was an awful yelling and crying, there was the noise of chains rattling, and someone shouting, suddenly the man came running on to the stage in front of the curtains.

All his clothes were torn, there was blood on his face and he screamed,